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❤ sure are, I get emotional watching this… sorry slow response youtube doesn’t always send notifications 🫡

That last bus 2013 bendy bus was our morning bus from the old downtown terminal to Selwyn College for 3 years 1987-89.

Hey Daniel, haha yes sometimes took a while to build up, it is quite loud but a good deterrent not to drive away before the air is near the 8 bar mark. Good days, fond memories for sure ;) JP

No idea but we do have access to the wayfarer style machine which this stand was made for 👍

Hi David, thanks for the comment apologies regards to the reply wait. Nice to hear that, this one is a bit weathered here and there but goes very well! It's former fleet number while a Stagecoach bus was #503. All the best with getting your heavy class licenses to drive :) JP

Oh nice, had my car fixed there many years ago know the place 👍😉

Hi Neil sorry these comments were missed, very cool and thanks for sharing your memories. I too enjoyed the bendies on school trips when they were not very old and some brand new. Cheers :) JP

Yes we have had a period of no activity, this year will put more effort in 👍😉

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Hi Sarah, again sorry for delay here.. no it sadly is still sitting in storage while we sort things out, I can say it will be some time away in the future :) JP

Sorry this comment was missed, oh that was a photo edit by Miro that appeared on Facebook in a post. Cheers :) JP

When we get it out on tour work hopefully in summer :)

@@araheritagebuses do you guys do the shore. All tho im from Nelson.

@@ENGLISH-u4w Hi we have done a few trips on the shore but nothing in ways of public yet, we aim to this summer :) JP

Hi, thanks yes the window wind noise did not help either :) JP

Hi David, it's nice to hear some history about it... Paul drove it a bit and Lyle the odd time during its time at City. Had a whirl in it myself, despite work needed it's a sold piece that is a bit of fun, sounds great too! :) JP

@@araheritagebuses Yeah Paul certainly drove it way more than I got to.

@@cadifan He enjoyed driving it again, and said it was just like old days! :) JP

Sorry Sarah, these comments were missed and no one has been monitoring the page much of late. It would be the plan to keep it original but we will have to see what success we have with things, lately it has been an up and down period. The seats would be hard to find or very expensive to reproduce :) JP

Hi Tristan, sorry for delay.. yes one day somewhere in the future no doubt :) JP

I think we are looking at a few options, even though they were not favourites of mine they are a bit of history and well worth keeping one :) JP

Hi, no it is now under our name. Miro is making videos as he cleans parts of the bus, hoping he will upload here and share. Oh I just had a look, thanks very much.. sorry been very busy hard to get time to myself lately. We hope to get 1662 done next! Cheers :)

Cheers John :) JP

Hi Anthony, sorry for missing your comment.. this page has not been the most active. Very cool, no doubt he would know some of the guys in our group and friends of theirs. I recall both those parts of the depot, as when I first started with NZBus Wiri was still a very much functioning depot right up to 2018 I believe. Thanks for sharing your memories :) JP

Hi Tristan, sorry this comment was missed... yes that was indeed me :) JP

Yes there is even a smell the bus has that takes me right back not quite as distinct but it is there! :) JP (sorry missed your comment)

Hi Matthew, sure do for me too... just a pleasant welcoming sound that really takes you right back to those great years! I felt the same too, the tinted glass, the styling and just overall the way they looked and sounded. As a kid I thought they ran on Nuclear power haha, such awesome sounds particularly if still running the original Renk gear box, sadly 1662 has a 4 speed ZF.. one day we will refit it with a Renk :) Not yet, was trying to obtain a good sound recorder as both camera and phone pick up other sounds an are not high quality. Will get something done in time an post here :) JP

@@araheritagebuses Ah interesting! So, to my uneducated ear, 1662 here sounds a bit like Auckland's MAN 12.223 buses from the 1990s - is that because of the ZF transmission? And so does the Renk transmission have more of those "musical" tones to it? Was 1662 originally fitted with a Renk?

@@matthew414347 Hi, yes that is about right.. maybe not quite but a similarity and yes likely down to the ZF. Yes the Renk has the as I say more harmonic sounds/tones.. a noise I really love after hearing it in full swing with 1610 when test drove at time of purchasing 1662. 1662 was just less work and in better order :) JP

Cheers for the info Sarah Lynn, he might be very helpful to gain insight into the Daimler we have 511. Pass on his details will get in touch, thank you 🚌😅

Sarah Lynn thank you, just a few fix up jobs an a grease, mostly inspection to make sure all is well. 😉👍

@@araheritagebuses ok.